Six cats, one Panic Mouse
The Panic Mouse is an electronic toy that was recommended to me by Alex, a nice vet in Liverpool who I interviewed on behalf of the Daily Telegraph Magazine about his overweight pets clinic. He showed me a film he’d made, which featured his own – rather portly – cat lost in the toy’s rhythm, hurling itself athletically about while Alex and his partner watched TV. It looked like hours of fun and just over twenty quid seemed a reasonable price to pay to see my cats shaken out of their pampered ennui and prompted to do backflips around the living room, so I immediately ordered one.
To quote the product’s promotional literature: “Revolutionary in design, its built-in computer board signals a battery-powered motor, creating random and unpredictable ‘mouse-like’ movements. More than just toys for cats, Panic Mouse interactive cat toys provide hours of fun for both pet and owner. The plastic wand bends and contorts, bouncing back to its original form. The illusive object of cat curiosity: An artificial fur pouch that feels and acts like a real mouse. Crazy, wild, and full of surprises, Panic Mouse cat toys are the much meowed-for answer for playful cats everywhere. Never a dull moment, Panic Mouse, is there to keep your pet happy for hours on end.”
As you will see below, The Bear, Ralph, Shipley, Bootsy, Janet and Pablo may beg to differ…
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June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
You’d be better …
But if you REALLY want to have a good play session try Da Bird, it’s not battery powered but I guarantee they won’t ignore it! I’ll try and post a video response thingie if I can figure it out. Be prepared to get replacement wands though… No, I don’t work for a pet shop, just have a very lazy, extremely spoiled, easily bored cat!
You’d be better getting the undercover panic mouse, it’s more enticing! Also with 6 cats they have plenty of entertainment fighting with each other
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
also… sometimes …
also… sometimes the cat wont play with the toy when he knows someone is watching…
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
try slowing the …
try slowing the speed down…
my cat loves his panic mouse… he just goes nuts when i turn it on!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
I got the Fling Ama …
I got the Fling Ama String and my cats love it.
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
my cat is the same
my cat is the same
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Its like they know …
Its like they know the more you spend on something the less they are interested!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
funny, all of them …
funny, all of them are soooo not impressed!
im not buying it now…
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Excellent – great …
Excellent – great to know not to waste my money as I was also considering getting one. Don’t suppose you’ve tried the Fling Ama String thing have you?? I am just about to buy one – my own cat loves string so am figuring we can’t go wrong with that one…..
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Well, thank you for …
Well, thank you for that. I was considering buying one, and now have just saved a few £££’s by watching your video. Bless YouTube, and bless people like you, championing the consumer’s interests! Mery Christmas!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Proving that cats …
Proving that cats really are superior – and are in fact toying with us; as opposed to providing entertainment for us. Tsk.
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
Our cats display a …
Our cats display a similar level of indifference to the toys we get them that we think are pretty ruddy awesome… LOL
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
lol! wat a waste of …
lol! wat a waste of 22.99!!!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:13 am
I bet they had more …
I bet they had more fun with the box it came in lol